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MPs Reject Newly-Built sh 7.1B Bunge Tower

Chris Akali
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Thursday, April 18, 2024 –Members of Parliament MPs have rejected occupying newly-built Bunge Towers that gobbled tax payers a staggering sh 7.1 billion.

The lawmakers are reported to have lost morale top relocate from their Kenyatta International Conference Center KICC offices to the Bunger apartment citing various reasons

MPs during vetting of Cabinet Secretaries on Monday October 17.

Their dissatisfaction stems from various issues, including cramped office spaces, inadequate ventilation, lack of natural lighting, unreliable phone network reception on the 21st floor, and slow and occasionally malfunctioning elevators.

When Speaker Kenneth Marende approached President Mwai Kibaki in 2009 for a new office block for a soon-to-be expanded Parliament, his plan was to put up Bunge Tower at a cost of sh 5 billion.

As the chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), Mr Marende wanted new offices to accommodate the expected 349 MPs and 67 senators. The Grand Coalition government provided a budget for the 28-storey office block in 2010 and it was expected to be done by 2014.

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula

On Tuesday last week, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula announced the project was to be ready by the end of the week and MPs were to start moving in this week. At least 42 MPs are set to take up spaces in the office block in the first phase.

But there’s still a problem, the legislators are not so eager to move into their new ‘swanky’ offices located in the CBD.

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